55.5943° N, 13.0180° E
MALMOE
Most Famous People Born in Malmoe, Sweden
- Notable people
- 1,041
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- Median birth year
- 1931
- Most distinctive
- Wrestler 6.6×
Sweden's gritty southern port punches improbably hard on the mat, with a Wrestler bench many times the global norm rooted in the old Malmö Brottarklubb tradition. The thick Artist and Painter depth gives the same blue-collar town its bohemian streak, and the Hockey count belongs to Malmö Redhawks and the long Skåne rink culture — more continental than Nordic, in the end.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Malmoe during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Malmoe Is Known For
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Football is Malmoe's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (112).
Malmoe over-indexes on wrestler — 6.6× the global rate.
Malmoe under-produces politician — only 0.7× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Malmoe's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1910s Clear ×
Sixten Ehrling
1918 - 2005
Erik Nilsson
1916 - 1995
Max Walter Svanberg
1912 - 1994
Gudrun Brost
1910 - 1993
Stig Westerberg
1918 - 1999
Lennart Strandberg
1915 - 1989
Ebbe Grims-land
1915 - 2015
Egon Svensson
1913 - 1995
Folke Mellvig
1913 - 1994
Siegfried Naumann
1919 - 2001
Carl-Otto Hultén
1916 - 2015
Börje Mellvig
1911 - 1998
Inga Thorsson
1915 - 1994
Göte Strandsjö
1916 - 2001
Gunnar Norrman
1912 - 2005
Erik Lindén
1911 - 1992
Carl-Herman Hjortsjö
1914 - 1978
Bertil Anderberg
1913 - 1991
Barbro Cecilia Johansson
1912 - 1999
Harry Kullman
1919 - 1982
Helge Bengtsson
1916 - 2001
Trolle Rhodin
1917 - 1997
Ove Andersson (footballer)
1916 - 1983
Bertil Sjöberg
1914 - 1999
Asmund Arle
1918 - 1990
Carsten Ström
1913 - 1995
Lennart Lindgren
1915 - 1952
Gunnel Frieberg
1919 - 2010
Erland Waldenström
1911 - 1988
Ladislav Rieger
1916 - 1963
Arne Zetterström
1917 - 1945
Sture Mårtensson
1916 - 2004
Guido Vecchi
1910 - 1997
Sonja Sonnenfeld
1912 - 2010
Hans Larsson (konstnär)
1910 - 1973
Allan Fagerström
1916 - 1985
Andreas Nilsson (footballer)
1910 - 2011
Håkan Strömberg
1917 - 2002
Christina Söderling-Brydolf
1911 - 1999
Olga Dahl
1917 - 2009
Solveig Borggren-Ehrenberg
1914 - 1993
Sven Erik Täckmark
1916 - 2007
Ove Karlsson (footballer)
1915 - 1982
Knut Gadd
1916 - 1995
Ullastina Rettig
1917 - 2008
Göte Arnbring
1919 - 1993
Elsa Andersson (artist)
1915 - 1996
Einar Lynge-Ahlberg
1913 - 1980
Ninni Löfberg
1918 - 2008
Kjell Nordenskiöld
1917 - 2008
Bertil Gadö
1916 - 2014
Sigvard Ranelid
1915 - 1985
Thure Thörn
1918 - 2005
Sigge Berggren
1911 - 1968
Kjell Cronqvist
1912 - 2008
Torvald Åkesson
1910 - 1990
Bertil Lidgard
1916 - 1984
Evy Tibell
1914 - 2000
Hugo Kamras
1913 - 1988
Richard Holmström
1916 - 2000
Bertil Magnusson
1915 - 1980
Lizzie Svefors
1919 - 2019
Ingrid Stenmarck
1917 - 2011
Ester Estéry
1915 - 2012
Helge Högbom
1910 - 1966
Gunnar Agrell
1911 - 1999
Karin Schultz
1919 - 2008
Bruno Bruch
1915 - 1998
Kjell Rasmusson
1912 - 1987
Brita Streijffert
1917 - 2006
Arne Hillborg
1911 - 1974
Bo-Ebbe Löfberg
1914 - 1988
John Wahlberg
1917 - 2005
Kerstin Vilén
1918 - 2016
Eva Holmberg-Jacobsson
1910 - 2003
Bertil Widebrant
1914 - 1989
Ulla Borgström
1918 - 1999
Walter Persson (konstnär)
1918 - 1987
Hans Egon Andersson
1916 - 1998
Marta Lindberg
1912 - 2006
Olle Hallén (konstnär)
1918 - 1995
Willy Lindeberg
1910 - 1983
Max Röing
1916 - 1984
Fredrik Hultén
1919 - 1980
Gunnar Janser
1919 - 1989
Stig Persson (konstnär)
1915 - 2000
Signe Maria Arrhenius
1913 - 2004
Anna-Lisa Markby
1913 - 1999
Owe Wessbohn
1913 - 1996
Malte Gustafson
1914 - 1986
Stig Sigmund
1912 - 1992
Sven-Gösta Sjöberg
1911 - 1985
Birgit Stefelt
1915 - 1948
Stig Wihlborg
1914 - 1998
Britt Welwert
1916 - 1958